It comes after Tim Farron quit his role as party leader over personal conflicts of interests between his personal beliefs and politics.

Farron, who succeeded Nick Clegg in 2015 after the party's election collapse, is an openly faithful Christian and in a statement, said he is "torn between living as a faithful Christian and serving as a political leader".

He conceded that he should have dealt "more wisely" with questions relating to his faith during the election campaign.

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General election fall out and reaction

Councillor Beasant has admitted that he was "shocked and saddened" by Tim Farron's resignation, describing him as a leader who "achieved a great deal" and put in place the necessary structure for the party to "move forward".

He said: "I supported Tim during the election campaign and although some people feel we didn't do well, we learnt how to target seats.

"We have gone up from eight MPs to 12. It takes time to come back from the position we were in back in 2015, when we were in one hell of a place.

"I am very confident now after being saddened last night. Now we are in a better position than we were in 2015 but there's a lot more to do.

"I didn't see anyone calling for him to go but I understand his dilemma. It's difficult for someone in that position to be a front line politician."

Councillor Beasant, the North East Lincolnshire Council ward representative for East Marsh, went on to say that any one of four potential candidates to succeed Tim Farron would be a "really good choice".